1. Does a raw food diet allow wine?
2. Does a raw food diet allow chocolate (the normal kind)?
3. Does a raw food diet allow (fish) sushi?
4. Does a raw food diet allow rice?
5. Does a raw food diet allow pickles?
6. Does a raw food diet allow soy sauce?
7. Is a raw food diet really better???

This question is being asked out of curiosity, I am not going to live off chocolate or do anything as drastic as that. But, I have a friend at school who is slightly shorter than me, shes 5"7 and she weighs 99-105lb naturally. She didn’t used to eat (used to live off liquids), but now shes starting to add foods back into her diet again. She never exercises, and i’m assuming she consumes more than 2000 calories per day. Shes constantly drinking a full fat 600 calorie milkshake, or eating melted ice cream and coffee. Why is she this skinny, if she has a high calorie diet? Is it the source of food her calories come from that matters?
Me on the other hand, I am heavier. My naturally weight is around 9stone (when I was 5"6), but since this weight I have lost. I now weigh 109lb – I’m 5"8. To maintain this weight, I literally cannot eat over 1400 calories, or I will GAIN. I’m 13 years old.
Usually the heavier the person, the better their BMR, why is my friend thinner than me then? She has practically NO FAT, but I have a lot. We wear the same size clothes, but my build is different – I have wide hips and broad shoulders.
Please help, I just want to know!

I am seeing a nutritionist…some weeks are good and some are just bad. I have a terrible craving for soda and chocolate, that seems impossible to give up (long term), I have done it short term but never permanently. I’ve worked out before and never lost any weight and get very easily disappointed and give up. I’ve never had a lot of energy. I normally need a minimum of 8-9 hours of sleep just to be productive. The only "diet" anything that ever worked was a prescription medication called "Ionamin" it worked like a miracle. I had just the right amount of energy and I lost weight (30 pounds), with no side effects! But then my doctor said he had to take me off because it was only a temporary medication and I gained it right back. I’ve been going to the nutritionist ever since but it’s just not working. I don’t know what to do. I’m happy when I eat what I want, but then I’m not happy when I see the results of what I ate a week later. PLEASE HELP!

I just ate a chocolate performance energy power bar thing. Im not eating bread or pasta i do have fruit every day but after i ate this power bar i just realized it had 45g of carbs!!!! I have karate later tonight for an hour and a half! Will i burn it off? Im 15 and weigh 115

1. Why in most raw dessert recipes is carob usually used instead of chocolate? For instance Fudge made with carob instead- is carob considered more "raw" or processed differently so considered more healthy?
2. Is a dehydrator absolutly necessary or is there another way to dry out food?
3. Any recipe books with easy raw recipes that you would recommend? I am finding raw recipes a bit complicated!
Thanks!
Regarding #1, what I mean is it not okay to use cocoa powder instead of carob which is not chocolate?

I feed my 5-year-old bird the Avian Science Super: Lovebird/Conure food. He also eats with me [pasta, well-cooked meat in small amounts, etc] and has a good amount of fruits. Of course I don’t feed him chocolate or avocados since we all know that’s bad, and will not give him onions because I heard they are poisonous for animals. So until I get that clarified, he won’t be having any.

I would just like some feeding suggestions so I know how to be a better bird owner, and which fruits are better for him than the other and if there are any better brands of bird feed out there. Right now he’s eating a banana

If this helps, this is the food I feed him + the ingredients: http://www.theperchstore.net/avscsuloco4l.html

Thank you!

like, planters? i didn’t buy anything with chocolate in it and i checked the ingredients…if you cant eat these, where do you buy unprocessed nuts?

master cleanse?

i have been recently hearing about this “master cleanse” or lemonade diet”. apparantly it helps you lose weight and detox yourself. i was wondering if it works. does anybody have any experiences or advice. are there any snacks you can eat without interferring with your diet?
any information will help

I’ve done the master cleanse. You are going to be tired during your cleanse, you won’t have the energy to run. I went to the gym one time during my cleanse and I was so sore for days afterwards. There is nothing in your body to help you rebuild your muscles and you PAY for it. Don’t exercise on your fast. Maybe walk on the treadmill, that’s it.

The point of the cleanse is just that, to cleanse. Putting creatine and cellmass in your body will ruin the effects of the cleanse and it may throw your system out of whack. Don’t put anything in your body except the lemonade.

You really shouldn’t chew gum, as it has chemicals in it and the point of the cleanse is to get all that junk out of your body. But you may be craving some kind of taste in your mouth, so I say go for it. I did.

I felt great after my cleanse and I lost a lot of weight too (I gained it all back though). Unless you are going to do it properly, ie. drinking the lemonade and ONLY the lemonade, don’t do it because you will not reap any benefits from it otherwise. And as far as the beer goes, it’ll make you gain weight like crazy. Your metabolism will be so low during your fast that you won’t burn those beers off at all, they’ll go straight to your belly.

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